Health gap narrowing between richest and poorest countries:WHO

A woman receives prenatal care at a hospital in Mongolia (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

The past two decades have seen dramatic progress in improving health in the world's poorest countries, according to WHO, the World Health Organization.

The World Health Statistics compares progress made by countries with the best health status and those with least-favourable health status at the Millennium Development Goals baseline year of 1990 and again two decades later.